Opinion
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Are Parents to Blame for Distressed State of American Youth?
Opinion -We seem never to consider the role of parents -
Fossil Fuels Under Fire
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #282 -
Homeland Security Dept. Waives Environmental Rules for Border Wall
Opinion -To speed up construction of President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is waiving more than 30 environmental rules for a segment of the wall in New Mexico. -
(Hot) Air Let Out of California’s Climate Change Lawsuit
Opinion -California thought there might have been some kind of conspiracy by oil companies to hide secrets about global warming. Umm ... no. -
Mises the Man and His Monetary Policy Ideas Based on His “Lost Papers”
Opinion -One day in 1927 Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, stood at the window of his office at the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, and said “Maybe grass will grow there, because our civilization will end.” -
EPA Rejects Connecticut’s Request for Limits on Pennsylvania Coal Plant
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected a request from the government of Connecticut to place new limits on ozone emissions from a Pennsylvania-based coal-fired power plant. -
New England Imported Natural Gas from Russia This Winter
Opinion -During the recent severe winter in the northeastern United States, utilities had to import natural gas from Russia to heat homes and keep the electricity on. -
Ohio Senate Considers Dental Therapy Bill
Opinion -A bill that would authorize dental therapists in Ohio is under consideration in the state’s Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, and Medicaid. -
Obama Interior Department Official Violated Ethics Laws
Opinion -The Inspector General of the U.S. Interior Department has found a former Interior Department official in the Obama administration violated federal law to benefit a family member affiliated with a global animal welfare group. -
The Left’s Small-Minded View of Small-Town America
Opinion -Macur’s New York Times story is just another instance of “redneck porn,” in which coastal elites hold their noses long enough to observe the inmates of small-town America for a few days and predictably find them greatly wanting. -
Collectivism’s Progress: From Marxism to Race and Gender Intersectionality
Opinion -By many objective signs and indicators the world is becoming a far more materially comfortable place. -
Congress Learns Sect 230 Is Linchpin of Internet Platform Unaccountability
Opinion -U.S. Internet policy politics has shifted. -
New Minnesota Organization Protects Property Rights, Fights Wind Farms
Opinion -A group of Minnesota landowners banded together in 2017 to form Wind Locked, LLC, a conservation holding company established to support landowners’ efforts to block wind turbine construction near agricultural and rural lands. -
Silicon Valley’s Anti-Conservatism Is Getting Really Ridiculous
Opinion -It is the world’s worst kept secret that most massive companies of the Silicon Valley – and the broader Tech World – loathe conservatives and conservatism. -
The Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunities of the ‘Climate Science Tutorial’ in San Francisco
Opinion -Chevron left many false and misleading claims before the court, claims that contaminate the public debate on climate change and will continue to haunt the fossil fuel industry and threaten our energy freedom unless they are faced and debunked. -
Dispelling Myths About Offshore Energy
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #281 -
Video Game Violence and the Game Washington Plays
Opinion -Almost like clockwork after a tragedy of gun violence, special interests begin pointing fingers. -
Senators Consider Renewable Fuel Standard Reform
Opinion -Several U.S. senators are working on legislation to reduce the cost of complying with the Renewable Fuel Standard requirement that U.S. oil refiners blend biofuels, mainly ethanol derived from corn, into gasoline and diesel fuel. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to House Passing 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill
Opinion -“When politicians of both parties in Washington get together, America’s taxpayers usually lose.” - Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D. -
E-Cig Policy Is A Much-Needed Step In The Right Direction
Opinion -ACS's new policy statement on e-cigarettes’ role in promoting smoking cessation is a welcome and long-overdue change. -
Weeding Out Waste and Fraud at Federal Agencies
Opinion -Some recent inspector general reports from within various federal agencies show that the Trump administration is attempting to weed out abuse, fraud, and waste in government programs. -
Natural Gas Industry Has Little Effect on Global Temperatures, Study Finds
Opinion -A new study shows methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector have a much smaller effect on atmospheric temperatures than previously thought. -
Another Carbon Dioxide Tax Proposal Fails in Washington State
Opinion -The state of Washington’s latest attempt to pass a carbon dioxide tax has failed. -
Wind Industry Subsidies Under Fire in Oklahoma
Opinion -State legislators and other elected officials in Oklahoma are beginning to roll back generous tax incentives previously given to the state’s wind-energy industry.
